California man arrested with 900 child porn photos, wife called police – World Time Todays

A California man has been arrested for possessing more than 900 child pornographic images, police say. The man was handed over to police by his wife after she allegedly found a hidden camera in a bathroom at the couple’s home.

On March 8, the woman found a hidden camera in the bathroom of her home. She confronted her husband about the hidden camera. The husband reportedly admitted knowing about the secret surveillance camera but vowed to remove the camera and throw it away.

The woman took the camera and hard drive to authorities, fearing her husband had “disgracefully filmed their young children using the bathroom.” after at the Redding Police Department.

High-tech criminal detectives performed a preliminary forensic analysis of the hard drive and said they found more than 900 images of child pornography and video on the device.

“The videos showed children and adults using the bathroom who appeared unaware they were being recorded,” the Redding Police Department said.

Ryan Rovito, 34, was arrested Thursday during a traffic stop after detectives received a warrant. Rovito was charged with possession of child pornography and secretly recording an identifiable, undressed person. He was committed to Shasta County Jail. Rovito has since been released from prison.

Anyone with information regarding the allegations against Rovito is asked to contact the Redding Police Department at 530-225-4200.

After According to the United States Sentencing Commission, more than 99% of child porn offenders in 2018 were men. Over 76% of child porn offenders had little or no criminal record.

There was a whopping 2026% increase in child pornography cases between 1996 and 2005 FBI data.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children receive 21+ million tips on online child exploitation in 2020.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children called Technological advances such as smartphones, thumb drives, email, social networking and cloud computing have made it much easier for sex offenders to collect, store and trade in child pornography.

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